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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. An infant gains head control before sitting unassisted. The nurse recognizes that this is which type of development?
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a. |
Cephalocaudal |
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b. |
Proximodistal |
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c. |
Mass to specific |
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d. |
Sequential |
2. Which refers to those times in an individual’s life when he or she is more susceptible to positive or negative influences?
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a. |
Sensitive period |
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b. |
Sequential period |
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c. |
Terminal points |
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d. |
Differentiation points |
3. An infant who weighs 7 pounds at birth would be expected to weigh how many pounds at age 1 year?
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a. |
14 |
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b. |
16 |
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c. |
18 |
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d. |
21 |
4. By what age does birth length usually double?
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a. |
1 year |
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b. |
2 years |
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c. |
4 years |
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d. |
6 years |
5. Parents of an 8-year-old child ask the nurse how many inches their child should grow each year. The nurse bases the answer on the knowledge that after age 7 years, school-age children usually grow what number of inches per year?
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a. |
1 |
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b. |
2 |
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c. |
3 |
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d. |
4 |
6. Parents express concern that their pubertal daughter is taller than the boys in her class. The nurse should respond with which statement regarding how the onset of pubertal growth spurt compares in girls and boys?
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a. |
It occurs earlier in boys. |
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b. |
It occurs earlier in girls. |
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c. |
It is about the same in both boys and girls. |
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d. |
In both boys and girls, the pubertal growth spurt depends on growth in infancy. |
7. A 13-year-old girl asks the nurse how much taller she will get. She has been growing about 2 inches per year but grew 4 inches this past year. Menarche recently occurred. The nurse should base her response on which statement?
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a. |
Growth cannot be predicted. |
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b. |
Pubertal growth spurt lasts about 1 year. |
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c. |
Mature height is achieved when menarche occurs. |
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d. |
Approximately 95% of mature height is achieved when menarche occurs. |
8. A child’s skeletal age is best determined by:
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a. |
assessment of dentition. |
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b. |
assessment of height over time. |
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c. |
facial bone development. |
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d. |
radiographs of the hand and wrist. |
9. Trauma to which site can result in a growth problem for children’s long bones?
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a. |
Matrix |
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b. |
Connective tissue |
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c. |
Calcified cartilage |
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d. |
Epiphyseal cartilage plate |
10. A nurse has completed a teaching session for adolescents regarding lymphoid tissue growth. Which statement, by the adolescents, indicates understanding of the teaching?
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a. |
The tissue reaches adult size by age 1 year. |
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b. |
The tissue quits growing by 6 years of age. |
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c. |
The tissue is poorly developed at birth. |
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d. |
The tissue is twice the adult size by ages 10 to 12 years. |
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